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	Pontiff's Entreaty Bolsters His Image By Suzanne Sataline Wall Street Journal April 21, 2008 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120873493611629793.html?mod=googlenews_wsj By blessing disabled children, and clutching the hands of widows and firefighters at Ground Zero in New York, Pope Benedict XVI telegraphed a gentle compassion to members of the beleaguered church during his first papal visit to the U.S. this past week. But it was the pope's entreaties for forgiveness for the church's role in the sexual abuse of youngsters, along with a surprise private meeting with some victims, that raised the stature of the pontiff and, perhaps, the Catholic church globally. "The fact that he mentioned it every day of his visit, he's making it a priority of his
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